Blood Simple (1984)
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Wikidata Q237222, film, IMDb tt0086979, TMDB 11368: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
In the store as #213, Blood Simple (1984).
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Fargo: 2 lines unmapped ×1 contrast ×1
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unmapped (return to roots):
Fargo → Blood Simple.
Fargo is the Coens' most Blood Simple-like script, contemporary and simple, going back to what they tried there with more knowledge.
“It feels like them sort of going back to what they were trying to do in that movie with the knowledge they've gained over the...”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:46:01 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
Harve Presnell: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (character origin):
Harve Presnell → Blood Simple.
The Coens wrote Presnell's character from Texas businessmen they met raising money for Blood Simple.
“they wrote that character, basically, when they were raising money for Blood Simple, they met lots of like Texas businessmen”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 1:00:29 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger, first at 0:45:55, 6 times
- passing in The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished, first at 0:07:19, 1 time
- anecdote in Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free), first at 0:02:01, 2 times
What was said about it, by kind
contrast (1)
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contrast (genre contrast):
Blood Simple → Fargo.
The Coens see Blood Simple as a James M. Cain-type noir; Fargo they wanted drier and less hard-boiled.
“They consider blood simple to be more like a James M. Kane type, you know, noir thriller, right?”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:48:39 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (1)
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lineage (character origin):
Harve Presnell → Blood Simple.
The Coens wrote Presnell's character from Texas businessmen they met raising money for Blood Simple.
“they wrote that character, basically, when they were raising money for Blood Simple, they met lots of like Texas businessmen”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 1:00:29 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (1)
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unmapped (return to roots):
Fargo → Blood Simple.
Fargo is the Coens' most Blood Simple-like script, contemporary and simple, going back to what they tried there with more knowledge.
“It feels like them sort of going back to what they were trying to do in that movie with the knowledge they've gained over the...”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:46:01 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Joel Coen: director (The Big Picture, 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished)
- Ethan Coen: director (The Big Picture, 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished)
- Frances McDormand: actor (Blank Check — Patreon, The Social Network (Ad-Free))
- Skip Lievsay: sound; brought Burwell to the Coens (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Fargo with Zach Cregger)
- Circle Films: earlier backer of the Coens (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Fargo with Zach Cregger)
- Joel and Ethan Coen: directors (first movie) (Blank Check — Patreon, The Social Network (Ad-Free))
- M. Emmet Walsh: actor (Blank Check — Patreon, The Social Network (Ad-Free))
- John Getz: actor (Blank Check — Patreon, The Social Network (Ad-Free))